Machine for embossing printed matter.



J. W. TURNER: MACHINE FOR EMBOSSING PRINTED MATTER APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. 1914.

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CQLUMBIA PLANOORAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

J. TURNER. MACHINE FOR EMBOSSING PRINTED MATTER APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. I914 Patented A11 10, 1915.

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JOHN WILLIAM TURNER, or WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, :BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF; ONE-THIRD T ARTEUR 0. DUNIJAP AND ONE-THIRD I TO JOHN D. JONES, Burner WILKES-BARBIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ivmoiinvn son munossrNe PRINTED MATTER.

To all whom itmag concern Be it known that II, JOHN-1 WILLIAM Tuli- NEH, a citizen'of the United States, andres1- dent of lVilkes-Barre, county of Luzerne,

and state of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Embossing Printed Matter, of

' l which the following is als'pecification. I q s In producing embossed surfaces the de-' sign or printed matter is printed, stamped I k ing and drying device; 7

Referring to the drawing two horizontal or Otherwise applied to a sheet or other 'article, an ink or other substance which will remain for a time ln'an adhesive ,or, tacky After the printing condition being used. step and while the ink or othersubstance used is still in its adhesive condition, the material for producing the embossed 'efiect is applied to the designusually by dusting it thereon in powderedform, the powder adhering to the portions of thefsheet carrying the. design. The articleis then passed ed matter'tobe embossedi v Another objectis to provide a machine through a suitable heating device which causes the powder to melt and unite with the printed design. When the powder melts it causes the printed matter toswell and therej by raises the design andcauses it to stand above the even surfaceof the paper giving an embossed effect similarto that obtained with the use of dies. W'hen theprintedfsur face cools and drys itjhas a glossy 'appeariLIlCG.

My invention relates to; machines forheat-j .ing, cooling and dryingprinted matter and more particularly to. a'inachine for heating and cooling prepared sheets'to produce the embossed effect as described above} My invention has for its object to pro-' vide a machine having a capacity. for handling a large number of pieces of printed matter and so designed new prevent the paper or pr1nt-.

marring or scorching of the in which thespeedand heat required to do perfect work maybe accurately controlled.

A furtherobject is toprovide ameans for cooling or drying, the embossed. matteriso that when 1t s dellvered and'stacked in a received the separate pieces will not adhere together;

, The above and other objects and the novel features of my invention will be apparent 7 Specificationof Letters Patent.

from the following description, taken in connectlon wlththe drawing, in which. If]

embodying my invention; and Fig. 4 isa P s t e W'Of the means whereby the Patented Aug.-10,*1915. 1 "hppljicationfiled liiareh 7,1914. Serial No. 823,250. V

embossed" articles are deliveredto thecoolframe memberslO supported lonfsuitable legs 11, 11, are provided with a table l 2. At one endof the table 12' there is a feed betweenthe sidelframe members 10 and is secured-thereto by the rivets 16. The''inclosln'g housing 15 iscylindrical and properiphera'l wall19.

' On the i terior of drum 20 and rotatably, support the drum in i ,75 lvided with side, walls17 and 18: and fthe y 4 the housing there isa cylindrical" shell or dru1n;,, 20 which consti-Q tutes the carrier for th'elarticleslto b06111.

bossed. Hollow trunnions, 21, and "22 are secured toqthe side walls. 23 and 24' of the and power.isderived'from a belt 27 running Q over the pulle'y26to drive the drum orcarg able valve 29 leads throughthe hollow tr m nion 21 and through an opening inithef side wall 23 registering with the hollow. trunnion 21 to a gas-burner3l extending l horizontallyacross theinterior'of thedrum 20 and servingto heat the same.

wall 82.

-1'ier 20. Agas pipe 28 provided witli a suit i A pair of endless wires or bands 33 and ,o'f incombustible material pass aroundthe I p peripheralwzdl 32 of the heated drum and keenercut letters 1n a given time.

serve toengage or grip the separate sheets I of paperor: article'sto be embossed close to the marginal edges thereof. --The wires or bands 33 and 34 secure the paper or printed matter'tightly tothe smooth outer'surface of the drum, excluding all air from between the paper and surface of the druni and preventing any shifting or movement of the paper on the drum. -Thi's will tend to prevent the.

marring of the article'and by excluding all airfr'om between the surface of the paper andthe-drum a greater degree of heat can be utilized without scorchlng the paper allowinggreater speed and much better'worlr in embossing, that is, larger quantities and The endless Wires orbands-33 an d 34 leave the surface of the heating drum at the point and pass out of the casing through an opening 36 near the bottom thereof. Fromthence the Wires pass around the pulleys 37, '37, 38, 38, 39, 39, through 1 the opening 14 and into contact W'ith the heating drum 20 at a'point 40 a Slightdlstance abovelthe feed opening 14. A curved feed plate 41 jhas gone end resting on, the table l2and'th'e other end curved upwardlyv into contact with or into close proximity to the drum20 so as tojguide the articles or,

sheets offpaper;upwardlyto the point 40 grip them;

where the bands cr -tapes 34,-properly The pulleys 3 are mounted so asto be r longitudinally adjustable along a shaft 42 supported in the bearings 43,;43', whieh 1 carrythe lower end of-the members 44 which j brace thefjuprights" 45; The uprights 45 1 I "carry the plates 46, 46,at their upper ends,'. the saidiplatesbeing provided with slots 47, 47,tofrec eive the pins 48, 4.8, whereby the" plates 46, :46, 'are verti'cally adjustable. The

plates46,'46 'rotatablysupport the shaft 49 l at their upperends and'the guide pulleys '38, 38, are securedtofthe said shaft by suitable fset screwsj50'or otherwise so that they may be horizontally ad ustable along the said shaft toaceomm'odate"the bands 33 and 34 tojan'y width'of material or sheets carried}overfthedrum 20'. The adjustable plates. 46, are provided for thelpurposel of takifigfup thefslacki in' the tapes so'that the same wi'lljalw'ays closely hug'fthe surface 1 of thejheating drum, and tightly grip the fsheets'ffthereon. JThe' guide pulleys 39, 39, aresecuredtorotateglwith a shaft '51- supported inbearings52, '52, located" at opposite sides of v the feed; opening' l land extending partway. into. the same,ias shown in Fig.

The 'p yver itransmitted to the heating drum 20 byit'he' belt 27 'causes the rotation o-fthe 'drumland 'servesjto frictionallyrlrive the tact therewith; r

am they; emerge I the casing through the 54. 'the pulleys 55 and 55"respectively which are carried by the shaft 56 while thetapes tapes 33'? and *34 which are held in close conration the. wires 33 as r opening 36 carry thesheets Son their upper liver them direotly" to a coolinggand drying device which finally delivers and stacks them in areceiver. As vshownin-Figsa l surface, as is indicated in F 1g. -4,"a.nd-, de-f and 4, the tapes or wires 33 andg34 pass downwardly at an angle on opposite sides of two pairs of endless tapes 53, 53", 54,

The tapes 53 and 53 pass around i 54 and 54 pass around the p'ulleys 57 and 57 carried by the "shaft '58, both shafts being supported in a suitablebearing 59 close to'the opening 36 in thehousing 15; The pulleys 55, 55? and 57,57, rotate'in op-g 'posite direotionsso that the contiguous flights of the tapes running thereon will} move in the sameldirection and when the wires, or tapes; 33, 34, carry a sheet S toa point oppositeto whereithe pulleys are locatecl the sheet will: be seized between the contiguous fiightsiof-the' tapes 5 3, 54, 53 ,1,

54 and be carried therewith to the point where, the latter pass around the pulleys 6 0 and 6lmounted in the upright45 where the sheets will :be delivered to a receiver and 'stacker 62i lfllhile being carried along the,-

tapes53, '54, 53, -54-,the sheets will be cooled and dried out so that when they reach'the receiver 62 they will not adhere to one i other when stacked," thecooling conveyer- V I The pulleys 60 and 61 are mounted on,

of the shaft I64'receives its driving power from thepulley 66niou nted on the end of the shaft v49 through therbelt 67, the lower endless tapes of the cooling device C being driven by "frictional engagement, with the fiightsof the upper endless tapes.

I In order to maintain" the temperature? 3 haveprovi'ded'a-seriesf of ventilating doors V withinthe space 68 at arequired degree I" 69 pivoted on the rod 70 atIthe top "of the "being offsufficient. lengthto allow theem, bossing to harden; '7

a 9 shafts ,63and 64 in-the vertical frame rriem- [I .bersi 4'5 and a'lpulley65 mounted on the end housing 15' and another series of ventilating 7 .doors 7l'pivoted on the rod atthebottom if of the housing andcontrolling openings in the sidewall 17' of said housing. By means of these: doors the heat within the housing may be perfectly sults obtained. V H r r v The operation of the machine will be clear from the foregoing description: The sheets having been, printed and dusted, with a suit regulated and the best rel I a to heat the same to the requiredtemperature heating drun 1 20f' The drumQOis of such;

size and carriesgthesheet a sufiicient period tocperform the, embossing of the printing thereon and Without] scorchingthepaper,

The sheet is delivered 1 through the opening 36 in the casingtothe cooling device G which carries it thenecessary time to harden, the, embossing and then deliversit to there ,ceiver 621 It willbe seenthat the device is 1 designed so as toharethe;maximum"capac ityj since the process is continuous and the sheets may be deliveredffrom thetable 12 continuouslyand as rapidly asis permissible'with therotation of the drum 20.

sheets which have been prepared on one side for embossing are engaged; on their outer sides near the marglnaledge and outside the,

design thereon so 'thatthewet or prepared portion will not be marred'orsmearedtf The inner or prepared sides of the sheets are held flat against and in contactwith the surface of the carrier or drum and the outer,

prepared, surface lofflthesheet is 'exposed, consequently the heated air in the housing will havefreeaccess to theprinted design lation of heated air across the prepared surfaces thereof, and consequently the capacity of such a machine is greater than of a similar machine in which the sheets arev covered on both sides. Besides this, more perfect work will be turned out by a machine of the type made according to this inyent1on.

It will be clear that many variations in the construction of the machine are possible and therefore I do not Wish to be limited to the exact details as shown and described.

Having described my invention what '1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters- Patent is, e

1. In a machine for embossing printed matter, the combination of a casing having inlet and delivery openings, a rotatable drum within the casing, heating means within the drum, means for rotating the drum, an endless band extending around the drum from the inlet opening to the delivery opening, suitable guides exterior to the casing over which said band'passes, and means for directing sheets of paper through the inlet opening in the casing and into'engagement with the band and drum whereby said sheets are carried around the drum in contact therewith and suitably heatedto raise the embossing material and discharged through the delivery opening in the casing.

2. In an embossing machine, the combination of a rotatable drum having a smooth outer surface constituting a support for de taohed printed sheets prepared for embossing, a stationary housing for said drum hav:

ing an inlet opening and adelivery opening, endless, bands entering the housing through theinlet opening and" leaving through the said housing to. emboss the printed matter H p "on theisheets carried by said drum. 7 It will be understood that the detached;

3. In an embossing machine, the combi stationary housing for said drum ancbhaving an inlet open ng and a, deliveryopening,

nation of a rotatable drum capable'of sup n sport ng detached sheets to-be embossed, a,

endless bands entering the housing through;

the inlet opening and leaving saidhousing through the vdeliyery ,openlng, said; bands passing around-saictdrum and" capable of r engaging said sheets on the outside thereof.

near their margins to hold them on the drum into'the housing, means for heating the drum and the interior of said housing to emboss the printed matter on said sheets,

andmeans for regulating the'temperature within the housing, said regulating means comprising an opening in the wall of the housin and a device for controllin the efb b fective size of said 013611111 v 4-. In a machine for embossing printed matter, the combination of a carrier for detached sheets printed and prepared to be embossed, means for gripping the sheetsat their marginal. edges to avoid marring" the printed and prepared parts thereof and to hold the sheet in contact with the carrier, means for heating the carrier so as to heat the sheets to emboss the printed and prepared parts thereof, mechanism adapted to receive the sheets as they leave the carrier and arranged to hold them while they cool, and means for driving said. carrier, gripping means and mechanism.

5. In an embossing machine, the combinationof a rotatable drum capable of supporting detached sheets to be embossed, a stationary housing for said drum and having I v v a with their printed sidesdfacing outwardly on the sheet. By reason of such an arrangein contact with said drum, said means being. capable of discharging said sheets through said delivery opening, means located adjacent said delivery opening and adapted to receive the sheets discharged therefrom and hold them while they cool, and means for heating the drum and the interior of said housing to emboss the printed matter on the sheets carried by said drum.

6., Ina machine for embossing'printed matter, thecombination of a casinghaving f inletia'nd delivery openings, a'rotatable drum W1th1n the casing, heating means 'W1th1n the c drum; means for rotating the drum, ehdless bands extending around the drum from the i and a'device, lecated between the-deliy ery opening in said hoilsmg and said receiver,

for remov ng the sheets from said endless 20" inlet opening to the delivery opening, snit-v able guides exterior to the casing over which said bandsjpass, means for directing sheets of paperfthrough the inlet opening in the casingand between the bands and" drum whereby said sheets are carried around the drum :in contact therewith, suitably heated to raise the embossing material and dis- :eha rged through the delivery opening in the casing, a receiver for theembossed sheets,

bands, holding them while they cool and dischargingthem into said receiver.

T7. Ina machine for embossing printed matter, the combination'of a casing having inlet and delivery openings ,a "rotatable drum within th'e casing, heating means Within the copies-1o; this patent niayr be obtained" for i in presence OftWO Witnesses;

" .YVitnessesy r V V r 7 JAMES SHEEI-IAN, 1 f i said openings to control the temperature Withinthe casing,;,a '.'receiver fOrftheem ,j bossed sheets, and 'ef'ndless devicesbetween' therece ve'r and sald delivery .opemng capa-" ble of removing fromsaid endless bands the sheets discharging from said delivery openmg in thecas1ng,"cool1ng the sheetsand dis charging them. "into fs'aid' receiver.

' In testimony wl'ie'reofl aflix myfsigriatnre JOHN,WILLTAMYTURNER;

five cents each, by'addrssingithej Commissioner of Patents; Washington;11G. 

